Community Planner at the City of Vancouver, part of the Complete Neighbornoods team. Currently leading a transit-oriented area plan focused on delivering vibrant, mixed-use neighborhoods that provide more diverse housing opportunities, public spaces and supporting community infrastructure, including arts and culture uses. Urban designer and Planner by training. Through 7 years of work at the City of Vancouver, supported the implementation of various community area plans, as well as the development and implementation of housing supportive policies including a Secured Rental Policy and the introduction of Missing Middle housing in single detached housing areas citywide.
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Thu Apr 11
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I - Area B
The Interplay between Transit-Oriented Development and the 15-Minute City Continued
Keep the conversation going on TOD and 15-minute cities! In this discussion, Helene Chartier, director of urban planning and design at C40, Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO and president of the Chicago Architecture Centre, former A/ commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Sander Mozo, planner at the City of Vancouver, continue to discuss the successes and shortcomings of the concept over the past decades. They discuss how the 15-minute city concept can help shape TOD for the better, areas where the two concepts may be at odds, and share their experiences in developing new models for TOD with a greater emphasis on connections to existing neighborhoods and community building.
Thu Apr 11
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I - Area B
The Interplay Between Transit Oriented Development and the 15-Minute City
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is now a mature concept in city building, having been applied in many cities around the world for well over two decades. In this discussion, Helene Chartier, director of urban planning and design at C40, Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO and president of the Chicago Architecture Centre, former A/ commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Sander Mozo, planner at the City of Vancouver, reflect on the successes and shortcomings of the concept over the past decades. They discuss how the 15-minute city concept can help shape TOD for the better, areas where the two concepts may be at odds, and share their experiences in developing new models for TOD with a greater emphasis on connections to existing neighborhoods and community building.